IVRPD Hopes to Finish Peace Monument in ’03
Two out of five members of the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District met last night to discuss fund raising for the Perfect Park monument to anti-war protesters.
Science Briefs: November 13, 2002
New Materials from Bloodworms: Researchers from UCSB’s Biological Sciences and Chemistry depts. recently discovered that bloodworms incorporate copper into the skeletal structure of their jaws.
High Tide
Anyone who enters the ocean after a nasty rainfall seems to develop a lot of strange symptoms – red, bloodshot eyes, feelings of nausea and general light-headedness.
Drugstore Cowboy: Operation: NFL Storm
There are 32 NFL teams, each of them having around 55 players, give or take, on their roster -that’s 1,760 men who have dedicated their whole lives to being the biggest, meanest, toughest sons of bitches around.
Rescue Workers Extricate Dudes
At 10:15 on Friday morning, a resident on the 6700 block of Del Playa Drive called 911 to report a surfer trapped among the large swells and waves near the cliff. Minutes later, dispatch received a second call that another surfer was also having difficulty in the water.
UCSB Squanders Title
On a mud-soaked field at Mustang Stadium, the UCSB women’s soccer team lost its season finale 2-0 to Cal Poly on Friday and put its postseason aspirations on hold until 2003.
If You Ask Me, New GE Guidelines Keep UCSB Ignorant
UCSB faculty and Academic Senate are proposing changes in general education ethnic requirements by replacing the non-Western culture requirement with a Western Civilization requirement.
First UC Vice President of Lab Management Quits
John McTague, the first vice president of laboratory management for the University of California’s national labs, announced plans to resign the position last Friday.
Big West Champions
The UCSB men’s soccer team fought off both a heavy downpour and an underdog Riverside team Saturday night to clinch its second straight Big West title, winning 3-0 at UCR.
A Ph.D. Does Not Grant You the Right to Be Arrogant and Rude
And to those who have been on this campus for many years, with or without a degree, don’t assume that you know all the answers and have the right to tell fellow staff persons that they do not know what they are talking about.